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We started to learn about Josiah Wedgwood today in preparation for our trip next week. We learned the dates that his was born and died, then looked at the school history timeline to compare with other events we know about throughout history. We also started to sketch portraits of Josiah Wedgwood…

Here is an overview of the topics in each subject for the next two weeks. 

Maths - Year 1 and 2 have both just started adding and subtracting numbers. Year 1 are working on adding and subtracting numbers to 10. Year 2 are working on adding and subtracting numbers to 100, and using the…

We are loving using the monster phonics colours and characters to learn and write the high frequency words! 

We have been flying like eagles with our reading in reception! We have enjoyed hunting and reading sounds and high frequency words outside! 

This week class 3 have been outside, hunting down minibeasts. When we found one, we were very careful not to damage it while we sketched it. Then, we noted down its habitat and made notes about what the habitat was like. We used this to discuss why certain creatures choose certain…

Today we went outside for a split digraph treasure hunt. Split digraphs are words that make a sound with two letters apart. For example:

time - the I-e are making the sound together. 
Here is a video explanation about split digraphs:

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/teaching-wiki/split-digraph

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Next week year 1 will continue to learn about part whole models in maths. Today went outside to make part whole models. Any work you can do on this at home would be fantastic. You can find out more information about part whole models on the white rose website. 
 

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Ralph joined Class One for Monster Phonics today! They were all very responsible, caring and gentle when Ralph visited today. 

We had a wonderful worship with Rev. Anne this afternoon. She spoke to us about how we can pray, when we can pray and where we can pray. Rev Anne kindly showed us all of the things that she uses to help her to pray such as her holding cross, her tablet with prayers, her prayer corner and her…

Yesterday, Mrs Gethin came into school which of course meant Ralph did too! We loved looking after Ralph during lunchtime - we filmed some videos of him and made sure he didn't wander off! He had a wee next to one of the fake plants - luckily it was outside so we didn't have to clean it up! We got…

We had a lot of fun learning to write musical notation with Mrs Parkes in music yesterday.

Georgia is having lots of fun this half term, teaching class 1 some Julia Donaldson inspired drama and helping the rest of the school with their Creation work in RE.